NET Bible
"No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth."
— Psalms 58:2, NET Bible
“Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.”
“Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth. ”
“No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.”
“Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them that rise up against me.”
“The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.”
“Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.”
For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David. Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? Do you judge people fairly?
No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.
The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.
Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,
that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake charmer.